Saving Devon's Treescapes is combatting the effects of ash dieback by planting thousands of native trees outside in and around local communites to help to create more wilder and greener places that will be more resilient to climate change.

The Saving Devon's Treescapes project is working alongside FWAG SW to deliver free advisory visits to landowners across Devon. Find out how one of our land advisors can support you on your land.

The Saving Devon's Treescapes project has many elements, from working with schools to nurturing seeds in a tree nursery. With such a wide-ranging project, there are bound to be questions!

The Saving Devon’s Treescapes project will be asking volunteers to monitor trees as well as key species to help us better understand the health of Devon’s treescapes.

Saving Devon’s Treescapes started in March 2020 and over five years we aim to plant and nurture 250,000 trees outside of woodlands across Devon. Not only that, but we want to increase knowledge about the importance of our treescapes and ensure the cultural significance of ash trees is celebrated and not forgotten.

The Saving Devon's Treescapes project is offering free trees (whips) for planting in your garden or any land where you have permission. We’re giving these away at local distribution hubs where you can collect a free cell grown tree, a planting guide and tree protection.

There are around 1.9 million mature ash trees outside of woodlands in Devon with up to 90% of them due to be affected by ash dieback. Ash dieback is a fungal disease which originated in Asia and was first recognised in the UK in 2012. Sadly our native ash trees have no natural defence against it. Find out more about ash dieback and what to do if you suspect it here.

Devon Wildlife Trust is hoping to turn around the fortunes of four of the county’s rarest butterflies. Using 30 years worth of experience, staff and volunteers will be working on 122 hectares across 12 of DWT's nature reserves.

The Devon Bat Survey is a citizen science project brought to you as part of Saving Devon’s Treescapes, a partnership project led by Devon Wildlife Trust on behalf of the Devon Ash Dieback Resilience Forum. The bat survey forms part of the project's monitoring of key species with a dependence on our treescapes.

The Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project was a five year project which worked with local communities to secure a future for greater horseshoe bats in Devon, their northern European stronghold.